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TIL that the Wii sensor bar doesn't communicate with the Wii console at all and is just LED lights powered by a cable

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EnEd TIL that Erwin Schrodinger came up with his famous cat thought experiment in order to illustrate how ridiculous he believed the idea to be
KYr1R TIL The liking gap—the idea that individuals you meet like you more than you realize. Researchers discovered that "people systematically underestimated how much their conversation partners liked them and enjoyed their company."
1aeXD TIL a group of native Americans occupied Alcatraz for 14 months before being forcibly removed by the federal government.
OGZ7Y Today I learned that there is a Microsoft Excel World Championship where people compete based on their Excel formula skills and it’s (like?) an eSport
W76XX TIL that somebody wrote a fake scientific paper that consisted almost entirely of the phrase “get me off your fucking mailing list”.